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By sixleggedinsect on
I have a functioning install which appeared to be running fine. However, I just realized that when you reply (ie: leave a comment) to a forum topic, the replies do not show up.
It's a little more complex than that-
If you go to the forums container, you can see that there is one topic in the forum, but no replies. Clicking on that topic shows no replies. However, the 'new comments' block shows multiple replies to that topic, and when you click on them the topic and its three replies show up.
(not sure if this matters, but the original topic was a 'new post to forum'. the first reply was a 'add comment', and the subsequent two replies were 'replies' to the previous comments.)
note: im a drupal moron, so perhaps replies coudl be in simple terms? i coudlnt find an answer with a half hour of forum searching, and ive run cron and indexing just in case that was the problem.
many thanks-
anthony
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also- another forum has a
also- another forum has a topic with a comment/reply that *does* show up.
im perplexed.
and-- new topics/replies in
and-- new topics/replies in the dysfunctional forum work fine.
but how do i fix the one that refuses to display replies normally, and stop this from happening in the future?
i know y'all are really busy, and i have little to offer, but i'd really appreciate a little sage advice.
thanks,
anthony
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I will take a guess at this, Goto Content management > Content types > Forum Topic > Edit and click open the comments section and choose flat list expanded in the default display mode.
dbeall is crossing fingers this might fix it
holy cow- i didnt even
holy cow- i didnt even realize there was that whole set of forum options (in the content type admin section).
it works. im not even sure why- but somehow switching the settings, and then switching it back seems to have woken up something..
anyways, the forum just got a lot better now that i found all those options.
thanks- you bailed me out!
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not sure without testing.. is possible you might need http://drupal.org/project/flatcomments
Thought it best to mention it in case.
lol, 'a Drupal moron', sounds like me..
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a final thought before i go, http://drupal.org/project/advanced_forum is neat and painless to install.
reply back if you get it fixed or need some help.